Overview of Resources

Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing offers evidence-based online resources. Many of its resources area now available in its e-Learning Center, with registration required. Some of these resources are available with Continuing Education.

Undergraduate Resources

  • e-Learning Modules: for more information about the below resources, see These courses are on the Hartford Institute's e-Learning Center.Register and login to access these resources.
  • Nursing Homes as Clinical Placement Sites Modules: Modules 1-5- to help faculty select and use nursing homes for undergraduate student clinical placement, with a special focus on nursing homes involved in resident-directed care and culture change, Module 6- nursing home Preparation/Readiness as a clinical placement site.
  • Clinical Teaching Modules:Integrating Care of Older Adult Patients in Student Clinical Rotations in Hospitals: Resources for Clinical Faculty, uses an evolving case study approach.
  • Clinical Teaching Module (LTC):Integrating Care of Older Residents into Student Clinical Rotations in Long Term Care Facilities: A Guide for Clinical Faculty-uses an evolving case study approach.
  • Geriatric Nursing Education Consortium (GNEC): evidence-based, state of the science modules oftopics on care of older adults
  • White Papers:topic content:
  • Podcasts: GNEC learning modules developed into web-based podcasts for learners that include content and select teaching methods:
  • Additional GNEC learning modules: Cultural Competence, Spirituality, Sexuality:
  • Geriatric Interdisciplinary Team Training: developing good teams of professionals from a variety of disciplines to manage the complex health care issues of older adults, For more information: and forcase study videos for viewing go to

Post Graduate Resources

  • e-Learning Modules: for more information about the below resources, see These courses are on the Hartford Institute's e-Learning Center.Register and login to access these resources.
  • Geriatrics and the Advanced Practice: Case Studies - A Series of web-based interactive case studies: address the geriatric competencies in the Nurse Practitioner and Clinical Nurse Specialist Competences for Older Adult Care.
  • Supervising the Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Student in a Nursing Home Rotation: A Guide for Clinical Faculty: is an evolving case study module that uses the Mentoring Process Model to guide students through the rotation.
  • Transitioning to Adult-Gerontology APRN Education Case Studies, webinars and other teaching resources for faculty in nursing education programs that prepare nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialists, for the new combined adult-gerontology advanced practice to include a strong focus on gerontology. Coming Soon.

General Resources for Education and Practice

  • Clinical website: evidence-based resources and protocols and continuing education on nursing care of older adults, Tutorial: how to use web site, ConsultGeriRN.org Tutorial.
  • Try This® Assessment Series:evidence-based geriatric assessment tools
  • General Assessment Series: sample, Fulmer SPICES: An Overall Assessment Tool for Older Adults,
  • Specialty Practice Assessment Series: sample, Cardiac Risk Assessment of the Older Cardiovascular Patient: The Framingham Global Risk Assessment Tools,
  • Dementia Assessment Series: sample, Recognition of Dementia in Hospitalized Older Adults,
  • How to Try This:translates the evidence-based geriatric assessment tools in the Try This Assessment Series into cost-free, web-based resources. Product includes assessment demonstration videos and a corresponding print series featured in the American Journal of Nursing. For more information: and American Journal of Nursing website,
  • Gerontological Nursing Certification Review Course: Comprehensive resource to prepare nurses for the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s (ANCC) Gerontological Nurse Certification Examination.For more information, This course is on the Hartford Institute's e-Learning Center.Register and login to access this resource.
  • Elder Bill of Rights: proposed language to address the special needs of hospitalized older adults,
  • Coalition of Geriatric Nursing Organizations (CGNO):Speaking with one voice to benefit older adults. For more information:
  • Issue Papers:Nurses Involvement in Nursing Home Culture Change: Overcoming Barriers, Advancing Opportunities:
  • Continuing Education:Hartford Institute e-Learning Center, registration required,

Projects and Initiatives

  • NICHE (Nurses Improving Care for Healthsystem Elders): The only national geriatric initiative to improve the care of older hospitalized adults. Thevision of NICHE is for all patients 65 and over to be given sensitive and exemplary care. The missionof NICHE is to provide principles and tools to stimulate a change in the culture of healthcare facilities to achieve patient-centered care for older adults. The focus of NICHE is on nursing interventions that have a substantive and positive impact on patient care. See website, Resources on Knowledge Center (requires registration),
  • REASN( Resourcefully Enhancing Aging in Specialty Nursing): The overall goal of the REASN (Resourcefully Enhancing Aging in Specialty Nursing) project is to deepen the involvement of specialty nurse associations in improving nursing competencies in providing care to older adults. This project will leverage the accomplishments achieved in the past five years by working with specialty nursing associations to move to a new and higher level of engagement in geriatric care.

This project focuses on building intensive collaborations with 14 hospital-based associations representing 200,000 specialty nurses to create geriatric educational products and resources and assure the geriatric competencies of their members. See website for specialty association projects and products:

Competencies

  • Hartford Institute’s Hospital Competencies:
  • Pioneer Network/Hartford Institute Nurse Competencies for Nursing Home Culture Change:

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